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<div class="textblock"><p><b>CMSIS-Pack</b> describes a delivery mechanism for software components, device parameters, and evaluation board support. The XML-based package description (PDSC) file describes the content of a <a class="el" href="cp_SWComponents.html">Software Pack</a> (file collection) that includes:</p>
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<li>Source code, header files, and software libraries</li>
<li>Documentation and source code templates</li>
<li>Device parameters along with startup code and programming algorithms</li>
<li>Example projects</li>
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<p>The complete file collection along with the PDSC file is shipped in ZIP-format (renamed to *.pack). The PDSC file is designed for software development environments and describes the user and device relevant context for the files supplied within such a pack file.</p>
<p>The CMSIS-Pack system solves several problems:</p>
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<li>It provides meta-data of files that relate to a software component. All files that belong to a software component can be identified and information about the original provider is preserved.</li>
<li>It enables consistent software component upgrade and identifies incompatible configuration files that may be part of the user application.</li>
<li>Software component providers can specify the interfaces and relationship to other software components.</li>
<li>The meta-data of a software component can include dependency information for toolchains, devices, and processors which simplifies the integration into application programs.</li>
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<p>After installing a <a class="el" href="cp_SWComponents.html">Software Pack</a>, all included software components are available to the development tools. <a class="el" href="cp_SWComponents.html#cp_Components">Software components</a> are a collection of source modules, header and configuration files as well as libraries. Packs containing software components can also include <a class="el" href="cp_SWComponents.html#cp_Examples">Example Projects</a> and <a class="el" href="cp_SWComponents.html#cp_CodeTemplates">User Code Templates</a>.</p>
<p>The <a class="el" href="pack_revisionHistory.html">Revision History of CMSIS-Pack</a> lists the main changes between versions.</p>
<h1><a class="anchor" id="SWPackVariants"></a>
Software Pack Use Cases</h1>
<p>A pack can be used for multiple purposes:</p>
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Software Pack Use Cases</div></div>
<p> The figure above shows the following use cases for Software Packs:</p>
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<li><b>Device Family Pack (DFP):</b> contains CMSIS system/startup files, drivers, and flash algorithms for a microcontroller device family.</li>
<li><b>CMSIS Software Pack:</b> contains the generic CMSIS components (CORE, DSP Library, and RTOS implementation) supplied by Arm.</li>
<li><b>Middleware Pack:</b> contains software components belonging to a middleware (such as source code or libraries).</li>
<li><b>Board Support Pack (BSP):</b> contains documentation, schematics, and drivers for a certain development board.</li>
<li><b>In-house Software Packs:</b> usually contain software components that can be distributed within a company or engineering group.</li>
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<dl class="section note"><dt>Note</dt><dd>A Software Pack can address multiple use cases at the same time!</dd></dl>
<p>The following sections provide more information:</p>
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<li>In the <a class="el" href="cp_Packs.html">Overview</a>, learn the basics and the required steps for creating a pack.</li>
<li><a class="el" href="cp_SWComponents.html">Pack with Software Components</a> shows how to start a pack from scratch.</li>
<li><a class="el" href="createPack_DFP.html">Pack with Device Support</a> describes how to enable device support in a DFP.</li>
<li><a class="el" href="createPackBoard.html">Pack with Board Support</a> covers the creation of Board Support Packs (BSPs).</li>
<li><a class="el" href="pack_Example.html">Pack Example</a> explains the available example pack in more detail.</li>
<li>Learn how to <a class="el" href="createPackPublish.html">Publish a Pack</a>.</li>
<li><a class="el" href="createPackUtil.html">Utilities for Creating Packs</a> are available that are useful during the creation of a pack.</li>
<li><a class="el" href="packFormat.html">Pack Description (*.pdsc) Format</a> describes all XML elements that can be used in a PDSC file.</li>
<li><a class="el" href="configWizard.html">Configuration Wizard Annotations</a> can be used to create GUI-like elements in development tools for configuration files.</li>
<li><a class="el" href="flashAlgorithm.html">Flash Programming</a> algorithms are used to erase or download applications to Flash devices.</li>
<li><a class="el" href="coresight_setup.html">Debug Setup with CMSIS-Pack</a> allows to create tool-agnostic debug and trace configurations</li>
<li><a class="el" href="cpdsc_pg.html">Project Description (*.cpdsc) Format</a> is a environment/tool independent definition of a software project. This helps to create only one set of example projects that can be used by many different tool vendors.</li>
<li><a class="el" href="packIndexFile.html">CMSIS-Pack Index Files</a> are used to generate a catalog of available packs.</li>
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<h2>CMSIS-Pack in ARM::CMSIS Pack </h2>
<p>Files relevant to CMSIS-Pack are present in the following <b>ARM::CMSIS</b> directories: </p>
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<td>Utilities </td><td><a class="el" href="createPackUtil.html">Utilities for Creating Packs</a> </td></tr>
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<td>Pack\Example </td><td><a class="el" href="pack_Example.html">Reference Software Pack</a> </td></tr>
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<td>Pack\Tutorials </td><td>Tutorials for <a class="el" href="cp_Packs.html">Creating Packs</a> </td></tr>
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